Playing With Kronos
The indomitable Kronos Quartet is back in town this week for a multi-faceted residency at Zankel that features four separate programs, plus a masterclass with pipa player Wu Man on 3/17. […]
New Music
Quartets – Pt. 1
I didn't have high expectations – didn't have any expectations, really – when I went to see the MIVOS Quartet at The Tank on Thursday. (I went at the suggestion of
Toronto New Sounds
Not satisfied with limiting myself to indie rock, folk, jazz, and blues, I also took time last weekend to explore the outer fringe of Toronto's musical landscape. Saturday night, the
Almost As Good as the Olympics
Vancouver might be where all the action is right now, but I'll be having my own kind of fun north of the border this weekend, checking out Toronto's indie stalwart Wavelength, which
Unsound Festival
Unfortunately, I missed most of this week's Unsound Festival New York: the inaugural stateside edition of Poland's leading electronic and experimental music festival, founded in Krakow in 2003. But, I did manage
Staying Home
I didn't have any major musical ventures this past week, opting to stay local and play host to some friends at my favorite watering hole/music spot: Barbès. Which isn't at all
Poème Electronique, 2010
I've been fascinated with Edgar Varese's Poeme Electronique since I was an undergrad, when I spotted a photo in the back of my music history book of the striking modernist pavilion
Not Going Gentle
When I learned this week that Williamsburg's Monkeytown will be closing its doors for good in two weeks due to "landlord issues," it made me question yet again the long-term
Back to the New
I took a break from the litany of holiday music last weekend with a pair of concerts that offered two very different visions of where classical music is at the end